Governance
Governing Board
The Governing Board is responsible for the strategic direction of the institute. Board members, who are appointed for a two-year term, includes persons of vision and experience from BMI’s partner schools, a representative of BMI Alumni and several leading members of the business community.
For over 20 years we at BMI have been paving the way for high quality executive education, and we continue to do so with dynamic content and methods that are aligned with today’s reality.
Jurgita Bendikaitė-Ursavaş
BMI Director General
Chairmen of the Board
Rolandas Valiūnas
Co-Chair, BMI BoardManaging Partner,Ellex Valiunas, Lithuania
Jean-Paul Larçon
Co-Chair, BMI Board Professor, HEC Paris, FranceBoard Members
Véronique Malleret
Chair, BMI Academic Council, France
Gabriella Mazzini
Director, International Development for EMEA region, HEC Paris, France
Pierre Semal
Academic Director, BMI Brussels; Professor, Louvain School of Management, Belgium
Lars Ohnemus
Director, Corporate Governance Center, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Antanas Zabulis
Vilnius City Council Member, Lithuania
Rita Bendaravičienė
Dean, The Faculty of Economics & Management, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Aivaras Čičelis
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, INVEGA, Lithuania
Ramūnas Bičiulaitis
Board Member and CFO, SEB Bank, Lithuania
Rytis Valūnas
President of BMI Alumni Association, Lithuania
Pierre Dussauge
Former Dean of Faculty, HEC Paris, France
Matthieu de Nanteuil
Dean of LSM, Belgium
Saulius Adomaitis
Global Oil and Gas Leader, Ernst & Young Middle East, UAEAcademic Council
The Academic Council advises and supports the Academic Dean at BMI on matters of academic policy, curriculum and faculty. Its members bring global expertise in pedagogic development at business schools as well as familiarity with evolving management needs in the business world and representation of the interests of current programme participants.
Academic Council Chairs
Véronique Malleret
Chair, BMI Academic Council, Brussels & Vilnius
Rolf Jens Brunstad
Honorary Chair, BMI Academic Council; Professor, NHH Norwegian School of EconomicsAcademic Council Members
Dominique Rouziès
Academic Dean, BMI; Professor, HEC Paris
Kulwant Singh
Professor, NUS Business School, Singapore
Alain Dumont
Professor, Tulane University, US and HEC Paris, France
Arun Pereira
Professor, Saint Louis University, USPierre Semal
Academic Director, BMI Brussels;Professor, Louvain School of Management, Belgium
Jonas Iržikevičius
Co-Founder and CEO, GoindexLithuania
Nina Klebanskaja
Professor, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Andrés Cuneo, PhD
Professor, ESADE Business School, Spain
Katarina Kaarbøe
Professor, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway
Sonata Staniulienė
Assoc. Professor, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
James Thewissen
Assoc. Professor, Vice-Dean of Corporate Relations and Communication, Louvain School of Management, BelgiumInternational Advisory Board
The International Advisory Board (IAB) advises on matters related to BMI’s long-term policy, international strategy and alliances. It includes independent personalities nominated by the Governing Board for their international experience in leadership and management education.
Bernard Ramanantsoa
Chair, BMI International Advisory Board;Distinguished Emeritus Professor, HEC Paris, France
Vladas Algirdas Bumelis
Chairman of the Board, Biotechpharma, Lithuania
Rolf Jens Brunstad
Professor Emeritus, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway
Bernard Coulie
Professor, UCLouvain, Belgium
Nicole de Fontaines
Executive Director of CEMS, The Global Alliance in Management Education
Finn Junge-Jensen
Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Julija Kiršienė
Professor, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Christine Benedicthe Meyer
Professor, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway
Danas Tvarijonavičius
Chairman of the Board, Amilina, Lithuania
John M. Trapani III
Professor, Goldring Institute of International Business, Tulane University, US
